Study on Service Employees’ Role in Sport Organisations

The influence that modern sports have had on society within the past few centuries is profound. Billions of individual’s worldwide tune in through various forms of media in order to support their most revered establishment. Throughout the hardships and adversities that humanity has overcame, and will continue to overcome, one can turn to the world of sports to escape from these destitutions. The athletic activities provide and fuel the competitive spirit found deep within, and permits supporters to have the greatest amount of encouragement and backing of an organization possible. As society has progressed through a multitude of circumstances, the world of sports has adjusted its standing in society in order to stay relevant and withhold

M. 2009 P506). This example highlights the problem of national governing bodies like the British Athletic Federation, that they don’t know whether to adopt a policy of ‘sport for all’ or more elite policies. Instead it would appear that governing bodies like the BAF have developed short sighted polices which aim to balance their spending; however as a result they have directly cut the provision of disciplines played by a large number of people, in what seems to be an attempt to move towards elite sport. This is something that I would not endorse as cutting programs which are engaged with seems like a decisive step away from the general aims of the government which is to increase participation in sport. By cutting programs like cross country they are not only contradicting themselves but showing that the public are not the main concern, also making it forthright that governing bodies are miss using the revenue given to them by the government by cutting programs which are played by all people.

The argument has been made that sports people should not be considered to be role models in our society. The subject is indeed a contentious one considering that people are generally social being and are highly influenced by the actions of other people. While parents have the responsibility of shaping the mentalities of their children, it should be noted that the attitudes of our young ones are easily shaped by what is happening around them. Having

Being ahead of other competitors is another strategy that JD Sports enclose to become more successful. A business keeping ahead of the competition can evidently show customers that this particular business offers excellent products as well as providing outstanding service to reach customer needs. To keep ahead of competition JD Sports employ large amount of staffs due to the fact that all customers get the attention from the business and get the exact performance of

Sport development is the promotion of sports activities for the community. Successful sports development depends largely on effective partnership and networking with a wide range of community groups, service providers, facility operators, National Governing bodies, local authorities and voluntary groups.Fundamentally sport development is about participation and promoting the opportunities and benefits of participation. Participation in sport and physical activity spans a wide range of contexts.Those engaging in sport development must be in the business of devising better and more effective ways of promoting interest and participation or performance in sport. Sport development is a questionable and challenged term, particularly as the accurate importance and utilization of 'sport improvement ' can 't be assumed, as various arrangement and expert settings have incrementally procured remarkable quality and implications that can 't be disregarded. Sports development services encourage and deliver an extensive range of high quality programmes and initatives designed to succeed in a long term and sustainable increase in sport and physical activity. This is achieved through using the local delivery system for sport and physical activity working with a network of strong and effective key partners at a national, regional and local level. The success is underpinned throught a range of development approaches and principles. Similarly,

It is evident after high school and post secondary education, a graduate will seek specialized employment, focusing on his or her educated skills. Furthermore, this sought after job will require an interview that, an athlete will be prepared for. Athletes will be an automatic higher qualified candidate than those who have not participated in sports, as they have prior experience in team atmospheres and constructive work. A study conducted by the University of Stirling showed that student athletes who can demonstrate, apply and maintain the skills he or she learned while playing sports are over twenty-one percent more employable compared to the non-participating individual. This study proves winning isn’t everything while playing a

involvement in sport , the development of sports facilities and improvement in the coaching and

Many ideologies in sport have caused controversy, relating to who is entitled to participate in terms of gender, race, ethnicity and class. Participation can be defined as “the action of taking part in something”, but excludes these potential barriers which can prevent an athlete from reaching their sporting potential. This essay will explore some of these barriers which effect participation in sport, with links to how those barriers have had an influence on the development of participation and opportunities.

Coaches and athletic personnel are examples of ethical behavior in their personal and professional lives. They must have a clear perspective for their role and responsibility toward the organization, the team, and the athlete. Therefore, it is important to give consideration to the relationship between personal and professional responsibility; and also to whether there are limitations to loyalty to the organization or team.

The sports industry is growing and with more and more minorities going the sports route in majoring in sport management, sport marketing, sport broadcast journalism, etc. there needs to be more positions filled by minorities. Frisby (2005) notes, With our focus on organizations and managerial activities, sport management scholars are well positioned to question how structures and practices related to policy development, marketing, the media and technology, accounting, human resource management, and so on perpetuate and contribute to the bad and ugly sides of sport. As mentioned people who go through sport programs are well over qualified to fill the position so there needs to be more research into why these positions aren’t filled by overqualified

The Issues in Sports Discussion was about diversity within sport leadership. The overall message of the discussion was primarily that women and minorities should be able to obtain leadership positions in the sport industry. By taking a positive approach towards diversity, a sports organization can improve its effectiveness and associating with people from a variety of cultures can positively influence the company. Diversity provides an advantage to the organization by contributing a unique perspective that groups of the same race or gender might not discover. The panelists criticized the “Rooney Rule” because there shouldn’t need to be a rule in place that allows minorities and women to be considered for executive positions. When a position

In my career I plan on taking my talents into being a coach. Sports coaches help people participate in sports to work towards achieving their full potential. They work with them closely to improve performance. Whatever the context, coaching involves developing the participant’s physical and psychological fitness and providing the best possible practical conditions in order to maximize their performance. Coaches must also be aware of their ethical and legal obligations to their clients. Many coaches combine coaching with others, often full-time jobs, many sports coaches work part-time and unpaid, offering their coaching services on a purely voluntary

Normative ethics functions well in the sporting environment because it can help settle more disputes when the values of the participants coach, players, and parents enter into a conflict. While many sporting organizations are practical withy policies, actions, produces, and strategies in place they cannot cover every actions. Thus by applying the normative ethics written and unwritten codes of conduct can be put in place. Normative ethics is used only as a guideline to propose, identify and great a system for the enhancement of sports. Under the normative ethics several principle exists. Based on my original pillars of ethics being Integrity, Privacy, Harm and caution I would have to identify Social benefit as an action I use more than originally

Another potentially important asset for the company is that many of their executives have diverse experience and backgrounds in the sport’s

How might sports managers successfully market their organization and/or a new product: NIKE Inc. 1. introduction: As the United States ranked 11th largest industry of sports industry, (Milano, 2011) described the "Gross Domestic Sports Products (GDSP)". A significant increase in the sports industry is made a comparison with the figure to 1987 data. In 1987, sports industry was 23rd largest industry with $50.2billion business activity (sandomir,1998; Pitts & Stotlar,1996). It should be considered, however, the accurate calculation of any industrial sector business activity is difficult (Meek, 1997; Pitts & Stotlar, 1996). Firstly, must define what is included in the specific industry. Pitts and Stotlar (2007, p69) in the definition of sports marketing as the production, pricing, promotion and sports business products to meet consumer needs or desires and the realization of the distribution of the design and implementation of activities of the company 's goals. Therefore, focus on sports marketing in combination to consumers and companies. However, sport marketing must give priority to meet the needs of consumers. Finally, this must be the focus of the company 's overall. In a free market economy, consumers have more choices. Along with the customer the result of selection, estimation of new business 90% is not successful (Pride and Ferrell, 2008). The surviving mechanism is most likely to be in the best at meet those needs and desires of consumers. In order to